PEOPLE
The group in Summer 2024
There are currently 23 members of the group: six postdocs, 16 PhD students, and one member of support staff.
Lab telephone number: +44 (0)1223 336364
View information of former group members.
Postdocs:
Jianzhong works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of amines.
Dr Jianzhong Liu (he/him)
jl2220[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Peking University, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Ning Jiao
Dr Nupur Goswami (she/her)
ng562[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, IIT Bombay, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Dr François Richard (he/him)
fr419[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Queen Mary University of London, 2021
Advisor: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis
Jennifer works on photoredox synthesis of sp3-rich scaffolds.
Dr Alisa Sunagatullina (she/her)
as3457[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, LMU München, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Paul Knochel
Dr Jennifer Müller (she/her)
jm2585[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, ETH Zürich, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Altmann
Fifth Year PhD Students:
Zhang-He Goh (he/him)
zhg21[at]cam.ac.uk
BSc (Pharm), National University of Singapore
Advisor: Prof. Han Kiat Ho
Marcus is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel methods for alkene synthesis.
Zhang-He is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on protein functionalization.
Joseph is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Joseph Phelps (he/him)
jmp242[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Durham
Year in Industry: Roche, Basel
Marcus Grocott (he/him)
mg978[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Birmingham
Advisor: Prof. Rachel O'Reilly
Yusra works on photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of azides.
James is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on the synthesis of amines.
Yusra Abdelhamid (she/her)
ya308[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of St. Andrews, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Smith
James Robinson (he/him)
jdr50[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2020
Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
Fourth Year PhD Students:
Hanna is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on DNA functionalization.
Harry is a Herchel Smith scholar and works on the photocatalytic synthesis of amines.
Rachel is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on amine synthesis.
Harry Waller (he/him)
hw574[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Birmingham, 2021
Advisor: Dr Liam Cox
Rachel Phillips (she/her)
rcp55[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2021
Year in Industry: RSSL, Reading
Hanna Saik (she/her)
hms63[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Michal works on the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles.
Sarah works on photocatalysis for the synthesis of amines.
Michal Pychtin (he/him)
mp2012[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Ed Anderson
Sarah Beaton (she/her)
sb2499[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Bristol, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Carmen Galan
Third Year PhD Students:
Russell is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel C-N coupling methods.
Basia is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on the functionalisation of nucleotides.
Markus is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel methods of macrocyclisation.
Basia Kraus (they/them)
bmk30[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Michele Vendruscolo
Markus Böcker (he/him)
mnab3[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, ETH Zürich, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Dean Toste
Russell Woodger (he/him)
rw698[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Michael Willis
Ryan is a Gates scholar and works on the synthesis of amines.
Ryan Kang (he/him)
rjdk2[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2022
Advisor: Dr. Pietro Sormanni
Second Year PhD Students:
Alina Lelke (she/her)
al2170[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Universität Heidelberg, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Karl-Heinz Altmann
Kohl Ratkovich (he/him)
kar47[at]cam.ac.uk
MS, University of Virginia, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Michael Hilinski
First Year PhD Students:
Ka Yan Ngai (she/her)
al2170[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Universität Heidelberg, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Karl-Heinz Altmann
Robert Langford (he/him)
kar47[at]cam.ac.uk
MS, University of Virginia, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Michael Hilinski
Part III Students:
Jonah Eicke (he/him)
jfe28[at]cam.ac.uk
Cherie-Anne Lee (she/her)
cal77[at]cam.ac.uk
William Ching (he/him)
wdyc2[at]cam.ac.uk
